Gavin Newsom called the special session to oppose Trump, but questions remain his support for immigrants with criminal ...

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The state’s Republican minority argued it’s foolish to be taking on Trump when California is trying to secure federal wildfire aid.

Longtime conservative activist Carl DeMaio won an Assembly seat last year, arguing the GOP must be more aggressive against Democratic policies. Some Republicans call him a self-promoter who can’t be ...

Before this year’s legislative session really got underway, California legislators were tasked with protecting the state’s “values and fundamental rights” in preparation for a new Trump administration ...

Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa, whose largely rural district runs from the Sacramento area north to the Oregon border, said he ...

California’s Democratic-dominated Assembly has endorsed up to $50 million in funding to defend the state’s progressive ...

Will this GOP bill targeting undocumented immigrant sex traffickers make it through a Legislature controlled by a Democratic supermajority?

The Republican Party tried hard last year to ... Republican fundraising machines in the state. Now, California’s political watchers expect Sacramento will see a steady dose of his radio persona ...

That leaves GOP lawmakers from California in a political quandary ... Kevin Kiley, whose sprawling district runs from east of Sacramento south to Death Valley, told KCRA-TV in Sacramento last ...